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26 March 2025BBC news story re. Clan Donald Lands Trust

The link to the BBC news story is here.

25 March 2025Communication from Clan Donald Lands Trust.

Your Council has just received the news that the Clan Donald Lands Trust is to sold. The full coomunication can be found here.  

19 February 2025A 45-minute play, 'John Roy Stuart - Latha Chuilodair'.

To mark the anniversary of the Battle of Culloden, a 45-minute play, 'John Roy Stuart - Latha Chuilodair', will be presented at The Fox Tavern in Dublin Street, Edinburgh, between 12:15 and 1:00 PM BST on Wednesday, April 16th, 2025. Details and tickets can be secured online from EventBrite at: 
 
Description as follows:
The play interweaves John Roy's own words, translated from Gaelic into English, with words that the playwright believes accurately reflect John Roy's thoughts at critical moments in his life, as revealed by documented histories of the time. In his story, John Roy remembers the people whom he met on his journey through life and gives his account of what happened on the fateful day of April 16th 1746. He recalls the follies of his youth, recorded in his comedic 'Ode to Brandy'; his great friendship with Lady Christian Macintosh to whom he dedicated a beautiful lament; his encounters with his friend Lord Lovat; his romantic life, his exile and his return to Scotland in 1745. He concludes his story with an account of the Night March on Nairn, the dispute he had on the morning of April 16th with Lord George Murray, the final denouement on Drumossie Moor later the same day, and his escape to France on board the 'Heureux' with Prince Charles.
"Great are the depths of my sorrow as I mourn for the wounds of my land."
About John Roy Stuart: John Roy was a warrior, partisan and poet. Just a dozen of his poems survive - all but one originally composed in Scots Gaelic, today spoken by only 70,000 people - less than 1,000 lines in total. Yet they cover many human experiences and emotions - joy, grief, despair, and recovery; hope and fear; and love in its many forms. John Roy was a cosmopolitan figure who travelled widely, for many years living in forced exile. He spoke seven languages, including French, Spanish and Portuguese, as well as English and his native Gaelic. Detailed analysis of historic accounts of the Battle of Culloden indicate a distinct possibility, if not probability, that it was he who led the final Highland Charge into the guns of the enemy on April 16th 1746. His passions, loves, loyalty, integrity, and undoubted courage embody the spirit and - an old-fashioned word, but one which seems appropriate in the case of John Roy - the very soul of the Gaels, making him the worthy Bard of Culloden and perhaps the whole of Scotland.

17 February 20252025 Glencoe Commemoration

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15 February 2025Commemoration of the Battle of Culloden

Full details of the event are posted in the diary with links to all the documentation.

13 February 2025Macdonald Monument - latest - 13th February

12th February - This link takes you to the latest article on the BBC website.

This link takes you to an article on the BBC website.

09 February 2025Postings on the Facebook page

We intned to make regular postings of events from our extensive archive. This time the selection is from the 2016 Glencoe Commemoration.

27 January 2025Diary of Events updated

17 January 2025Historical talk in Tongue Friday 28th March

Extract from Wikipedia.

On 25 March 1746 a French ship named the Le Prince Charles, formerly HMS Hazard, which carried £13,000 in gold, arms and other supplies to Inverness for the Jacobite leader Charles Edward Stuart ran into the Kyle of Tongue while being pursued by the British frigate HMS Sheerness.[2] During the night the crew and soldiers disembarked carrying the money, however the following day Captain George Mackay, son of the chief of the Clan Mackay, who supported the British government confronted them at a place named Drum Nan Coup and after a short fight Mackay captured the men and the money.[2]

Lois, President Emeritus, is thinking of driving up there herself. If anyone is interested in going, perhaps they would like to make contact at editor@clandonald.org?

29 December 2024Macdonald monument in Dingwall likely to open.

This article is an update on the current situation.

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